Announcement
Low-Residency MFA Program at UArts Offers Dynamic Roster of Visiting Curators, Critics, and Artists
Applications for Summer 2017 are now being accepted.
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News
Saint Louis Art Museum Criticized for Loaning Painting to Trump Inaugural Luncheon
Two St. Louisans want to stop the loan of George Caleb Bingham's painting "Verdict of the People" for Donald Trump's inaugural luncheon.
Art
Captivated by the Performance of Black Masculinity
Zachary Fabri’s exhibition at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art is a deliberation on what it is to be a black man, always performing, even when one doesn’t intend to perform.
Announcement
The School of Art at Pratt Institute Seeks a Dynamic Individual to Serve as Chair of Its Fine Arts Department
The chair will provide academic and artistic leadership by articulating and carrying out a shared vision within a large and diverse department.
Books
The Beauty and Devastation of Mankind's Impact on Earth
In his book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth, photographer Benjamin Grant uses satellite imagery to convey the enormity of mankind's effects on the planet.
Art
An Artist’s Plots of Earth Decay to Dust
Dineo Seshee Bopape's installation at Art in General is a powerful evocation of what's happening to the earth under our collective care.
Art
An Interactive Journey Through Endangered Natural Soundscapes
Bernie Krause's "The Great Animal Orchestra" includes five soundscapes that represent the fragile natural diversity of our world.
Books
A Graphic Novel Reincarnates a Sinister Shirley Jackson Story
Hyman’s adaptation is a strong effort to retain the original tale’s sparse horror while making the most of its compelling visual possibilities.
Art
John Berger’s Rare Art Criticism
Berger's art criticism succeeds because of its tangibility — it is grounded in human experience, historical events, and the physical artworks.
In Brief
A Protest Monument to Victims of Sex Slavery May Become Permanent
Municipal officials in Busan returned a statue it had originally confiscated after protesters erected it next to the Japanese consulate as a tribute to the thousands of Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels.
Art
From Chuck Close to Sarah Sze, a Ride Through the Art of the Second Avenue Subway
New York's Second Avenue Subway opened on January 1 after almost a century of planning, with new art installations by Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Vik Muniz, and Jean Shin.
Art
Recreating the Face of a 9,500-Year-Old Man
A 9,500-year-old human skull at the British Museum may help visitors connect to our human ancestors.